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Tha hortatory rnoltehtat Company, Baa
soa, Maea, will hi KM la cMk prltee, raog.
la Iran 1 to aC each, U Uoaa who wllltell
la errltlag Mm aeaaaal experience), thrilling
adveatere, or faeclaatlB freak of the latagta
altos la ft ttylt that will lateroet Ue haadrede
of taoaseeds ot reader ot Taa Bun Car,
tao Baleae abartatory aiegaiio which hu
woa the title ot " Taa etory-ielltng kit ot the
entary." Thla Mm competition la opea to
all, aad aaek tor will be Judged aolely apoa
lie aiartu without ratftrd to tk aamt or rpe
aattoa at It writor; aw t Mere rU at ewamd
at4 all waleee it it ami strictly m erwrd
mne with Ue pHmttd road tltoae, which will a
Ballad tree, poetaa-e aaid. Uuiiut. toarathat
wltk 1 aontulataaaoelBMB
wtorlee, aad aieny ot tha
SMYtaea aad addraeeea, aa
rafarencea, ot tha atea aad
mmi la all parte ot Am
arica wko have received
over J,M0oash tor Buck
Cat stortee, also lnforeaa
Mob ot raal value to all
who ara lataraatod la
aaralat money at home.
Rend address at mm. aa
the'eontest cloaea March tlit. Tha Short
ttory Pablithiac Oo, High-Hartford 6u
Boa ton, Mui.
Appreciated tha Flay.
The following is from an essay writ
ten by schoolboy, aged ten. on play
he had been to see: "The villun curled
his mustarsh and seesing the pure vnr
gin ahreeks ha ha mine or deaths bind
ts on my head this dagger stabs thee to
thy atermosi sole ha ha vengnnse.
Bat the good hero comes and says O
bevins star won step and thy ded body
lies at my door. Lay won parm on the
vnrgina korpse and it was better if yon
was drowned with a millstone. Avarnt
tvarnt from the sweet korpse
presuni." '
Bit Tarma Ware Accepted.
General Joubert, when he was in
New York city a few years ago as the
guest of Henry George, told with mod
esty of his negotiations with the Brit
ish at Majnba hill and his eyes spark
led as he recited his reply to the Brit
ish commander-in-chief. "It does not
comport with these," said the British
general, pointing to the decorations on
his breast, "to accede to your terms."
To which said Joubert, pointing to his
riflemen: "And it does not comport
with those to offer any others."
Tha Noma Gold Fields
The first map folder or circular re
specting the Klondike gold strike of
1898 was issued by the Northern Pacific
railway.' It is more than a coincidence
that the first map folder or phamphlet
of the Nome mining district comet
from the same source. The present
folder not only contains a good map ol
sue Nome district, but is embellished
with several cuts of views at Nome City
and the beach where the method ot
mining is clearly shown. All informa
tion obtainable regarding sailing date
from Seattle and Tacoma, through
rates, etc., is given in this book and
the public cautioned to go to the ageutt
of the N."' P. Ry., who are supplied
with diagrams of the Alaska steamers,
and arrange in advance for their accom
modations rather than to put off thi
very important business until the.
reach Fuget Sound. There is no doubt
but what there will be a very consider
able passenger business from the mid
dle and eastern states and a very heavy
business from the Pacific coast statet
to the Nome district next spring.
For folders, rates, etc., call on A. D.
Charlton, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Port
land, Or., or send a two cent stump ts
Chas. 8. Fee, General Passenger Agent,
6t. Paul, Minn., and he will mail you
the Nome folder. . , '
The Daughters of the American Revo
lution in New York city are making I
strong effort to save the famous Hamil
ton trees of St. Nicholas avenue, ai
142d street. The trees are the ones left
of tbe original 13 planted by Alex
ander Hamilton to commemorate th
18 original states. It is likely that the
society will buy the lot and have it
neatly fenced in. If they cannot raisg
enongh money to buy the place thf
trees will be cut down and a block wOi
be built thereon. We American! do
not pay enough attention to the reser
vation of such historical valuables.
James Eads Howe, of St. Louis, wh
has given his forlnne of $1,000,000 tc
the poor, says he was influenced to dc
this by the incident of the rich young
man related in the tenth chapter of St.
Mark's gospel. Mr. Howe is a grand'
son of James B. Eads, the famous engi
neer who built the great Mississippi
bridge at St. Louis. ' '
The Sioux and Blackfeet Indiani
will at parting dig their spears in th
earth as a sign of confidence and mu
tual esteem. This is the origin of thi
term "burying tbe tomahawk."
Tbe governor of Oklahoma in hii
annual report, filed in Washington,
says that tbe time is not ripe for thi
statehood of Oklahoma, and he recom
mends that it would be best to wait
while. He believes that the best plai
is to join Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory and make one state of them.
Such state, he says, would be a pridt
and gratification to its people and fa
the people of the nation.
0!ESTFQ.T(!E
BOWELS
If row haTsn't a rejralar, healthy movement at thi
bowels every day, you're sjck.or will ba. keep rum
eovelt opto, aad ba wall. Korea. In iheahapea
violent phyela or pill poltoa.lt dangeroua. Tin
smootheel, easiest, moit perfect waj ot kaaplaf tki
i. I"ni"-i1. Palatable. Fount. Teste Qpod Do Good
f STTa?Weay i, or "ripe. We. Writ.
I freceaaapW aad booklet on health. Address
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TROTECT SETTLERS.
Uaa I aad Clalaa Not tteally KrTeotlve
Agalael Oevapaata-Ilardoa at Frwaf
mm Railroad, laataad at Sat liar.
Settlers in the status of Washington
ind Oregon, and, in fart, in all the
itaes through which the Northern Pa
cific railroad passes, are very much in
terested in the rulings now beios made
by the interior department on the art
of congress of June 4, 1897, which al
lows the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company and others to select lands in
lieu of lands embraced in the various
forest reserves and held by them under
patent or under unprotected claims or
squatters' rights
In lieu of the lands so relinquished
the railroad company and others was
authorised to select from any vacant
lands open to settlement.
The department ot the interior has
held "vacant lands to settlement" to
mean, it necessary, all unsurveyed
lands. Therefore, settlers or squatters
on unsurveyed lands have been very un
easy for some time, and many ot them
felt that there is little prospect of hold
ing their claims.
The land department ot the railroad
company, however, asserts that it is
not its purpose to take the lands of any
bona fldt settler.
At the same time the department ol
the interior encourages the settlers to
continue their settlement, and within
iree months after the acceptance of
the official survey of their lands to as
sert their claims thereto.
The ruling of the department is that
the party first initiating the right of
settlement haa the prior claim.
Congressman Jones, ot Washington,
who has just introduced a relief bill on
behalf of settlers, is of the opinion
that most settlers would not think of
fighting the railroad company, and,
therefore, the law as it was emu-ted
does grave injustice to settlers, as a
rule. In an interview Mr. Jones sid:
"It has been repeatedly asserted that
lands upon which there are settleis
have been filed on by the railroad com
pany under the present law. To pre
vent this is one of the objects of the
law. I know that settlers hare their
remedy. That is to fight the claim of
the company and establish their prior
rights. This is expensive. The set
tlers are not wealthy. The prospect of
delay is discouraging, and many prefer
to abandon their settlements rather
than bear the expense and delay of a
contest.
"The railroad cannot complain at
these provisions. If its claim to a tract
of land is just it will prevail. Delay
and expense cannot hurt it aa they do
the settler. All it has to do is to in
spect the land. If it finds a settler
and does not think he is there bona fide
it can contest his claim as any other
contestant, but it should bear the bur
den of such contest. These bills are
introduced without any hostility to the
railroad, but out of a desire to do jus
tice to the settler. I believe the gov
ernment should be quite lenient with
men who are striving to reclaim the
public domain, especially now'when
the choice land is taken np. If we
bad more owners of small tracts ol
land we would be better off."
Senator Foster and Representative
Cushman have each given much atten
tion to the claims of settlers and theii
rights, and in all cases there is an un
qualified sentiment favorable to the
pioneer and home-building squattei
and settler.
OoTarnmant Hoapltal at Vancouver.
President Beebe, of the Portland
chamber ot commerce, at its last meet
ing, called attention to the bill locating
a permanent general hospital at Van
couver, Wash., which has been intro
duced in congress by Representatives
Jones, of Washington. George Taylor,
jr., said that the hospital was of great
importance to Portland. "Vancouver's
healthful location is well known," said
Mr. Taylor. "Before long, many sol
diers will be returning from the Phil
ippines, and Vancouver is the place for
them." The trustees voted to request
tbe Oregn congressional delegation to
co-operate with the Washington dele
gation in behalf of the Vancouver hos
pital. Statistics showing that Van
couver is a healthier place than the
Presidio will be sent to Washington tc
help the bill along.
North wett Notas.
Steelhead salmon are reported very
numerous in Coos bay.
The Dalles has authorized a contract
for an electric fire alarm system for 1C
years.
Fish Commissioner Little has ar
ranged to plant a carload of Eastern
lobsters in Puget sound waters as an
experiment.
A horse, loaded with United Statet
mail, was recently killed near the falls
below Brewster valley by missing its
footing and rolling over a precipice or
the rocks, 150 feet below. The mail
was recovered.
The Christian denomination of Al
bany intends to build a new church
and has raised 2,000 toward it. The
pastor announces that the size of the
building is to be determined by thf
amount of money raised, as the congre
gation intends to build only such s
structure as may be dedicated free from
debt.
The common council of The Dalles
has passed an ordinance to refund 20,
000 of 0 per cent bonds at 4 per cent.
At the December meeting of the
board of Thurston county commission
ers the quesiton of calling $20,000
worth of the Olympia & Cheholis rail
road funding bonds of 1889 was consid
ered, and the call decided upon. Ol
course, as the bonds have 10 years yet
to run the call was conditional on the
disposition of tbe holders to release
them.
A Pomeroy man has been fined $20
for allowing his son to remain on the
streets after 7:30 o'clock in the even
ing, in violation of a curfew ordinance.
The oldest letter-carrier in Seattle
is Everett A. Hartley, whose term of
service dates irom August 6, 1888. He
will, therefore, wear two black stars.
The private- banking firm at Burns
has been dissolved,' and in its stead a
bank has been incorporated by citizens
With a paid-up capital of f 26,000. J.
W. Biggs is president. The News says
the stockholders are prominent citlieas
01 Harney county.
DEMAND 18 QUIET.
trtaaa, Hawaor, Coatlaaa Btoad hi
Nearly All Llaaa of Tnkda.
Bradstreet's says: Quietness, as to
demand bat marked steadiness as to
prices is still the leading feature In
trade lines, a condition it might be re
maked not uncommon at this stage ot
the year, which is a sort of middle
ground between stock-taking and in
ventory time and the actual opening ot
the spring season.
Aggressive strength in prices is con
fined to a few staples, such as pork
products, which are firmly held on a
rather tardy recognition ot the fact that
supplies, both ot live hogs and dead
meats, are far horn burdensome. Tal
low, cotton-seed oil and similar pro
ducts are sympathetically strong. Raw
and refined sugars have both advanced
this week, not apparently because ot
the war between the refiners being set
tled, but really because supplies ot raw
are limited.
What few lines ot next season's
woolen goods have been reported are at
advances ranging from 25 to 85 per
cent.
Iron and steel are extremely quiet,
but signs ot weakness are not numer
ous, the shading in pig iron being con
fined to a few grades and markets.
The demand for lumber is naturally
light, but the length ot supplies is no
table, as evidenced by the tact that
white pine stocks are t per cent
smaller than a year ago.
Hides are dull at the East, but con
siderable buying is reported West, and
quotations are fairly firm. Wheat in
cluding flour shipments for the week
aggregate 4,348,928 bushels against
1,509,682 bushels last week.
The current week's failure returns
reflect the annual clearing out ot delin
quent traders in a total for the week
of 295, as compared with 229 last
week, 304 in this week a vear ago, 823
in 189S, 478 in 1897 and 411 in 1890.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Saattla Marhata.
Onions, new, $1.00(31.35 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $16(320.
BeetB, per sack, 75(a) 85c.
Turnips, per sack, 60o.
Carrots, per sack, 50c.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c$l per doxen.
Cabbage, native and California, 7f
90o per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25(81.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00(3 1-25 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter Creamery, 82o per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 34o per pound.
Eggs 24o.
Cheese Native. 16o.
Poultry 910c; dressed. 1314o.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $13.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.00318.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$31; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.35;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.0O.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $17.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, 7K8c; cows, prime, 7c; pork,
7c; trimmed, 8c; veal, 8M10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, ZH
breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides,
8c.
Pertland Market.
Wheat Walla AValla. 60(3 51c;
Valley, Sic; Bluestem, 53c per bushel.
Flour Beet grados, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 84 35c; choice
gray, 34o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15016.00;
brewing, $18.00 18.50 per ton.
Millstnffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9.60 11; clover,
$7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c;
seconds, 42445c; dairy, 8037ic;
store, 22,27,c.
Eggs 1 8 19c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, to
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
$2.503.60; geese, $7.008.50 for old;
$4.506.50; dncks, $8.009.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1517o per
pound.
Potatoes 5585o per sack; sweets,
3 2c per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, n per pound; . parsnips, $1;
onions, $1-00 1.10; carrots' $1.
Hops 701c; 1898 crop, 66o.
Wool Valley, 1218o per pound;
Eastern Orogon, 814o; mohair, 27
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8c; dressed mutton, 6.Ht
7c per pound; lambs, 7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choioe heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.50(36.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.604.00;
cows, $3 8. 60; dressed beef, 6
7 Ho per pound.
Veal Large, 6Tc; small, 8
8 o per pound.
Ban Franoiaeo Sfarhat
Wool Spring Nevada, 12 16c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val
ley, 20 22c; Northern, 10 12c.
Hops 1899 crop, ll12o per
pound.
Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery 25o;
do seconds, 2824c; fancy dairy, 21
22c; do seconds, 18 20o per pound.
Eggs Store, 20 22c; fancy ranch,
2728o.
Millstuffs Middlings, $16.00
19.00; bran, $13 14.00.
Hay Wheat $6. 60 9; wheat and
oat $6.509.00; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $6.007.50 per ton;
straw, 80 45c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 86 90; Ore
gon Burbankg, 86c1.00; river Bur
banks, 90 90c; Salinas Burbanks,
$1.00 1.25 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 76c$1.50;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66)iO per
pound.
OCEAN GRAVEYARD.
MOST DANGEROUS PART Of THE
ATLANTIC
tt Lie Aboat the Mouth af the Oalf
8t, La wrenaa Croat Curroata, Koaa,
lecherta, ltaaiW and Other rXnaraa to
Karate Mariner.
If one prong of n pair of compasses
be placed about the center of the Quit
of Bt Lawrence, and the other de
scribe a semicircle from Labrador t
the southernmost point of Nova Scotia,
the area clrcuuiscrtbed might well be
called the graveyard of the Atlantic,
Not only is thla part ot the ocean sub
ject to all the galea of the roaring for
ties, but every kind ot water snare that
entraps luckless sailors ts found In this
section of the North Atlantic. The
dirty brownish fog that Ue across the
horlion above Belle Isle are, of course,
the moat treacherous enemy tor th
ocean Uner. They conceal the other
dangers, and the other danger are
neither few nor far apart What with
iceberg ranging In size from a few
hundred feet In circumference to mon
ster nine miles In length (the exact di
mension of one measured by the New
foundland superintendent of fisheries),
with naked rock walls rising vertically
TOO feet out of the era, with crumbled
ledge whose saw-tooth edge stands np
In plunacles or slopes down to white
capped reef, and with the submerged
shoals of the Sable and Magdalene Inl
and districts, the pilot has as difficult
a piece of wster to navigate as could
be found.
The perils of Nova Scotlan water
ran be and have been lessened. Light
houses now mark the most dangerous
points, and long ago a stop was put to
the nefarious work of the wreckers
who piled successful depredations
with Sable Island a a basis. Time
was, within the memory ef navigator
"till living, when false light above the
sand of Sable Island lured passing
ship to their rain, and when the gov
ernment cruiser would com to the
ships' aid not thing would be found
but the stripped hull. Though passen
ger might have waded ashore lu some
places, the dead nsed to be found strip
ped of all clothing and jewels, with the
ring finger cut off, and frequently the
gash of a wrecker' weapon across the
forehead, signs plainly telling of a con
filet between the passengers struggling
ashore through beating surf and tbe
murderous men who awaited them.
But all this ts a thing of the past on
Sable Island. Not only were wreck
er driven off, but live stock was
placed on the long stretch of grass-
grown sand, so that castaway could
have some means of subsistence until
help came.
Belle Isle strait I by far the most
treacherous part of the North Atlantic
route. The coast of I-abrndor projects
Into the ocean like a barrier agaluxt
the flinging tides; and when the battled
current finds resistance suddenly re
moved, when tbe narrow straits open
between Newfoundland and Labrador,
the waters toss In with the sidling mo
tion that creates the beam sea so hate
ful to all landsmen. The strength of
this luburstlng current simply cannot
be calculated or counteracted by any
mariner. In width the straits vary
from nlue to forty miles; and when tbe
brownish fog never absent from the
northern horizon spreads southward,
obscuring every landmark. It 1 lm
possible for any captain to keep up
speed and retain his bearings. He may
refer to his chart as often as he please
and tell himself, 'Thus and thus have
we come, and here ts the place we
are. Tide and fog may have betrayed
him In spite of his calculations, and be
may be at least a hundred miles out of
his course.
Beside the danger from fog and tide
at the entrance to tbe Gulf of St Law
rence, there Is the peril of long, sharp
ledges that furrow all parts of the
northern coast and are only visible by
the fretted line of surface spray. No
lighthouses mark these bidden reefs,
and many a schooner comes to grief
upon them during the night or In a fog.
False Cape run out from Newfound
land In great, jagged, towering rock.
torn by tbe driving tide, and White Isl
and lie off the shore bare and lonely
a a tombstone. Afar,, from other
rocky Islands, come the dull booming
of the surf, which Indian legend of
Labrador describes aa tbe shrieking of
demon over their prey. Roofless
but used as wind-break by the seal
ers In the spring add to the Indescrib
able loneliness of tbe tenantless coast;
and If some fisherman' dory come
bounding over the wave Its sudden
disappearance behind some rocky eml
nence only accentuates the ntter drear
iness of the whole region. New York
Evening Post
A TITIAN IN MEXICO.
Indians of a Bnlned City Befna (SO,-
OOO for a Maatcrpiece.
Here u a story about a picture which
hangs In the ruined Church of Tztn-
zuntzan, Mexico, and which the Mexi
can Herald asserts Is a genuine Titian,
which, though the average traveler
knows nothing about, ba been visited
by artist from all part of the globe,
who have made tbe journey to Mexico
solely for the purpose of seeing this
canvas. And they have all declared
that the picture was well worth the
trip.
Tbe famous picture hangs In one of
the old ruined churches. The padre
himself will point out the way and
stay with you while you are there. The
entrance to the auditorium of the
church 1 through a long, dark corridor,
that leads up to a great door, barred
and chained and padlocked that seem
ed to carry you back to the old feudal
days ana make one think that tbe door
of some old castle were being opened
to him.
The door open Into an Inner room as
dark a night, the padre unfastens a
grated window, and a flood of golden
sunlight comes from over the western
bills beyond the lake and falls full up
on tbe picture. Such coloring, such
composition, such feeling as could only
come from the hand of a master. Tra
dition y it was painted by Titian and
presented to 1'hlllp of Spain. Eminent
men, author and painter agree with
this version. An effort haa been mad
to buy the painting, and $50,000 was
offered by Um BUhop of Mexico, but
the faithful, devoted Indian refuse.
The picture I an entombment, six
teen feet long by seven feet high. Sur
rounding tha dead Christ, wrapped In a
winding htet, ttsml the Virgin. Mag
dalen, St John and nlue other figure
11 life site. The picture's stsie of pres
ervation I marvelous. More than !UM
year have lapsed slue the great mas
ter touched It and yet on Is deluded
Into th belief that It was painted but
yesterday, so truth, pur and rich Is It
color.
Titnsnntsan t easily reached by th
Mexican National Railroad. It Is at th
end ot Morella Branch of this road,
which branches off the main line at
Acambaro. Five hours from Aosm
baro th Indian town of Patscuaro, on
th lake of the ssme name, th end of
th branch. Is reached. Tslnsiintzan Is
almost directly across the Ink from
Patacuarc It can b reached by a
horseback ride or two hour and a half,
around th lake, or mor easily by tak
ing one of th ludlaa canoe nd bUig
paddled across.
Pom time go Nat Goodwin had an
opportunity to witness Alf Uamptou'
Imitation ot himself In hi favorite
roles. Hampton, knowing Goodwin was
present outdid himself, but at the close
of th seance Goodwin had never a
word to nay. At last an Intimate friend
ventured to ask how h liked It. "Welt,"
replied Goodwin, "all I can say la, one
ot us Is d n bad."
Kate Field used to take dally lessons
In Latin from Walter Suvage I-sndor,
when she was In Kloreuce, and at her
entrance Into the room his rugged ex
pression luvarlably softened and he be
came what hi pupil called "chivalry
incarnate." One day he dropped his
spectacles, and ss she picked them up
and banded them to him, he exclaimed,
"Oh. this Is not the first time that you
bar caught my eyes."
Prince Henry of Orleans' when he
travel takes with him a physician, s
scientist an editor, a historian, and a
photographer, each of whom makes a
dally contribution to the book which
Is t describe the Journey. In describ
ing hi method at a Paris salon, a frt. ntl
Ironically asked: "And what Is tho
hard work which you do for your
bookT" "The hardest of all." said the
Prince; "I have the overwhelming duty
of making tbe various account agree."
Gen. Joubert when he was lu New
York City a few year ago as tbe guest
of Henry George, told with modesty
(says the 8un) of his negotiations wltl
the British at Mnjuba Hill, and bis eyci
sparkled as he recited bis reply to tin
Hritlsh commander-in-chief. "It dock
not comport with these," said the Brit
ish general, pointing to the decorations
on his breast "to aeco.le to your term."
To which said Joubert, pointing to his
riflemen: "And It does not comport
with those to offer any others."
A colored man was tx-fore the United
States court, In Philadelphia, recently,
charged with some Infraction of the
low. He had no counsel, and the Judge
assigned Hampton L. Carson to defend
him. The government by tho testimony
of several wltnesse established a
strong case against the defendant Tho
learned counsel for the prisoner an Id:
"Now, Sambo! please take the witness
stand and give your version of this af
fair." The "man and brother" looked
wise and quizzical, and turning round
for a moment said: "Boss! In these
yeah circumstances, I gueas It would
be bettah for m to remuln neutral."
"Bob" Palmer, the comedian, had
been originally a bill-sticker, a fnct
pretty generally known among bt col
league of the stage. One evening,
when dressed for the character of Kir
Brilliant Fashion, he strutted Into tbe
greenroom with buckles sparkling on
his shoe and a flue diamond on his
finger. A brother actor Inquired If his
gems were real. "To be sure they are;
I wear nothing but diamonds," was the
reply; whereupon Bannister remarked:
"I congratulate you, Bob, for I remem
ber when you wore nothing but paste."
Palmer did not take the joke with be
coming good humor, and an angry al
tercation ensued, which was only bro
ken when Mrs. Jordan cried out: "Why
don't you stick him against the wall,
Bob? Stick him against the wall!" :
A Detroit man, whose wife was go
ing to 8an Francisco on a visit, accom
panied her as far Chicago and put
ber on tbe overland train. Before leav
ing her, he gave tho porter half of a
five-dollar bill that be had torn In two,
telling the man that hi wife had the
other balf and would give It to blm at
the end of the Journey If she were prop
erly looked after. When he got borne
he found he bad neglected to give his
wife tbe other half of the torn bill, and
a few days later he received a letter
from his wife reminding him of the fact
and saying that she hud torn a dollar
bill In two and given half of tt to tho
porter. Somewhere along tbe line there
must be a wild-eyed darkey with the
fives of two worthless bills In bis pos
session and a firm conviction that ho
has been worked by some sort of a new
flimflam game. Meanwhile, the De
troit man Is very anxious to And out
what sort of reasoning his wife used
when she gave that porter a balf In
stead ot tbe whole of that one-dollar
bill.
New York Vulgarity.
I had not been tbree hour on Ameri
can soil before I heard a charming
young lady remark, "Oh, It was bully I"
I gathered that this expression Is con
sidered admissible In tbe conversation
of grown-up people only In Now York.
I often heard It there and never any
where else. A very distinguished of
ficer who served as a volunteer In Cuba
was asked to state hi Impressions of
war. "War," be said, "I a terrible
thing. You can't exaggerate Its horrors,
When you sit In your, tent the night
before a battle and think of home and
your wife and children you feel pretty
sick and down-hearted. But," he add
cd, "next day when you're In It oh, It
la bullyl"-WUllam Archer In Tall Mall
Magazine.
When a grocer advertise that hi
egg can't be beat, avoid blm.
A Fat at fire-Alarm.
lll it not been lor th mewing of s
pet rat lor two or more hour early the
other morning th KUthardt homV
would proM'l.v hv Inwu burued to
the ground whil memlieis of th fnui
ily went aatiH'p, snys the PluldiOihl
Public llgr, Several piece of hut
coal (oil from the kitchen stove on the
floor aud Ignited the carpet. The
dame spread slowly, hut harassed the
oat to tli extent that it madn itself
heard. Member of the family were
awakened, and couitug downstair they
found the kitchen lu amok. Hud the
Are spread to th pautry, whor some
dynamite waa stored, th boon must
bav been blown up.
Maw table l.lnet.
Fraur la dependent uihiii Knsland for
neat of Ilia Trnntvanl aar, heatia the
i-ablet rt under Ibelr control, and the It
ready to tjwnd a vatl turn of money lo
free lienrll. This It ilka manv people who
iav dviDlit. spend a furious aerklns
deliverance. They tliould try llottetters
Stomach lltttere. It never falln lo cure
jyepepaut, coiietlpatlon and bl Uuttaiirsa.
The iuhabiUut ot Wlutou, England,
bellev that with th close ot the cen
tury th world will ootu to an end.
VKarNIS CANNOT US Ct'HBD
tl local tllratlnne, tt they rannnl reach tha
dleeaiwd ixwttim ol lot etr. 1 heie It unit out
war lo eute avaiuet. ami inti it ir numu
tlunal reiunllen. iHwIneat It eautetl or an In
aimed cuiitlltn ol the uiuruut Itnlti u tha
Kuaitchlin Tube. When lit la tuho sett In
(Uuieit n have a rumbling o4 nr Imper
Ikci hrarlnt, and hen It I enllrele flneed
dealneaa It the reeull, anil "ulWMlie Inflamma
tion van lie Uken out etui ihla lube reairel to
tta normal i-umlitlou, hearing willbe!iriTel
titrever; nine eauet vul ttl !- tie retteed t
eatarrli, allien la nothing hut an Inflamed
comiuiunol the utiieuuaaurlaii'e.
Weailliue Una llumlred Ih.llata lot any
eaaa id Iietitieetjrauard b tttarrtt) that ean
nut he cured bjr llall't Catarrh Cure. Hand lot
iroulara, tree.
r. i. rilKNIY 4 CO. Teleda,0.
Bold by nruigiata, 7.Nc
Uall't riaOIT fill ara Ut beat.
It I not generally known that Hud-
yard Ktpliung' lull uame is Joseph
Kmlyard Kipllug.
TO Ct lttt A COLO IN ons at
Take Laxative Bromo (juliilu Tablets.
All drugglats refund the money it it
tall to cure. K. W. li rove's siirtuiture
is on each box. 23c.
A novelty Is the cold ttorHi;e of hops.
This 1 doue In several place lu Eng
land.
Only Safe Medlelne for Children.
Tha lender llltle limlilrt ot children are
ruined hy riulrnt (.urgea, . Ill, or llimnla, t
earcta are hlcuMtit, harwleat, vftvvUve, Prug
(lalt, liM, Lu, two.
Borne naturalist believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs In the duw on the gnus they
eat.
VITA MTV lo,itchllltaletir eihtnaliMt cnrelhr
l. Kllne't liitlfmatliil Tunic t'llUK II Trial
llottletHinlahiliit i ..' liMiinvnt. Iir Klliie'a
llielitule. Ml Ann!. I'lula.l.lhia. ruuii'leU I -II
Half century ago nails were slowly
wrought one at a time with hammer
aud anvil.
Mothers will find air. Whulow't rWth.
hit Hvrup tin beet remedy to Uaa for Ibrl
Ohildreu during tha teething period.
Usury Jainmi. the novelist, does moat
of his writing at night.
Two bolllei of Piao'g cure for coiiturtip
lion i n red meof a bad lung trouble, M re.
i. NU'liolg. I'rlucfloii, lnd., Mar. 'JU, ISttl.
The qulckett wink on record is about
one-sixth of a second.
Improved Train Kqulnment.
The U. K. & N. and Oregon Kl.ort
Line hnv added a buffnt, smoking and
library car to their I'orllantl-Cliiongo
through tiain, and a dining car mrvioe
has bn iiisuguarated. Tli train is
equipped with tli lattmt chair curt,
day couches and luxurious fliit-olnss
and ordinary sleepais. Dlieot connec
tion made at Oranger with Union l'a
clflo, and st Ogdun with Kin Grand
line, trom all points In Omgon, Wash
ington snd Idaho to all Kustm cltlca
For Information, rates, etc., oall on
any U. H. & N. sgent, 01 add rats W.
II. Hurlburt, Ueueral Paaaenger Agent,
Poitlaud.
A Synrtleete Baby,
At New llruuawlc.k, N. J,, a syndi
cate of foster mothers may adopt (ir
trude Davison, ot Carman street, and
bring her up on the cooperative plitu.
Tho syndicate buhy is 11 mouths old.
Her mother, Mrs. John Davison, died
recently, leaving Ave children, (our ot
whom have been placed with relatives.
Not knowing who would tukeGnrtiudti
the father advertised her tor adoption.
Several charitable women said that it
was the first time in the century that a
child had boon so advertised In New
Brunswick, aud they began to organise
the syndicate.
In Maine there are IT "pool factories,
and the white birch trees ol that state
annually supply the material lor BOO,
000,000 spools, on which are subse
quently wound about 60,000,000,000
yards of thread.
Lorelr Rook free.
Only a lew eonlea lull, ttnd today. Tha volume
la lorieouely llluairaled with mirnvroiiaRMBravlfita
ciruilnlitt auenea and Hit sraoileat acenvry In me
llovky Mountain!, the edition eoat l,imio pulilliii.
1 It not an adv. Air anyone. Merely to lutrnrtuoe
our bit lllnatralerl family weekly we will arnol a
copy of the above flue book free lo all Raiullng ut 9
two-cent tlamrn for a II wveke' trial tubaorlutlon.
Our panar publlaliaa aaoh week ttorlei of adven
ture, ail the lateat mlnhif newt, and lllunrallona
of euenery. Tenth year, Clubs of I forMlc. 1 tut 11
bill, Mtnllnn thlt paper and eodriu Wtateru
weatiy, uenver, lUio.
CORN WHEAT
Will out-yleld corn; will make the lameklnd
of meal; hat luparlorfallenliis qnalltlea; will
tolvt tha problem nl fattening Host and Cattle
In a wheat etninlryi tliould be town In tha
prlng Ilia tame at wheat and will yield from
Ml to llJ hinlitll perii'ini the ttraw titer It It
thraahed haa an oily lubitano and It li almost
at good at bay.
Prloe of aaad 10c par pound or S par
hundred. Address
M. if. SIIIKLDH CO., Moscow, Idaho.
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY
Ws Bead your astlttanc In announcing to th world tht QRBATE5T RGMEDV that Scltnc
has svar produced, and you aetd our aatiatanc lo seoirt rtlltl lar yourtell and Irlenda
through 5W ANSON'S "g DROPS." ewraaii ana irieaat
ADPMF D Y SUPREME" ,u"lr " A"1"'" Nvt has con.
.. Ti.TT. .... "- q'red and will conntter all that ommtea
It, so will'
"5 DROPS" unfailinglv conquer alt
Umbafo, CaUrrhof all kinds, ASTHMA, Dyspepsia, Backache. AlesDlsstness. Narvousneas!
aiAB. - . ,
sa-eurtbici
TIUDS MABK.J
tne an advartlaan
rnent of afhkiM? TralilVWi try H a'nd ..n't To "a" Jiniole" lVJl
Iieve ii n
ogyour
MBoit i. lor inreu weeaa aou nan nui naa an
been taking II
iroi
inreowtetsana navenoinaoauatiaot of suffering elude I took the nratdnan. T h .:
faring at the tliua with nntold uonles. Intdoie halpo'l mtout of niy palaon abort 'tmlot MllSJa
the name of Ood for It. It will do all you say It will, and more too. I had aevore palna aU over m.
when Might came I oould notaleep. The worst pain wat In my left lee. ToouM noli nut niv foiiftatiol
floor wltbont sufjorlna great pain, if K'rtjonr dIOerant kinds of mad tolas for Kll . RBM ATsaaJ
aad got no rtllef uatfl fgut your OM." "hloh gave ma I minedlati r "lief as .Ste J "M
SOD A Y& 10 S1?" ' o"."-.'" ? 1 DH"PB 'ail a trial, we will nd a sample bottls, era.
0W tafMI O paid by mall (or SSa. A sample bottle will eoavlaee you. Alio, large bottlet (in doian
., bottles fort. Sold eyas and agents. HIITI WUI1D I. Saw Twrlu. B., wall I Wr U ...
Ktkts a Skein in a Yfsr.
One mll dims Qtm rv
hiAlthy hunun My lo 4 Cih1ilnm of in.
e.jiim. A) not ttidif until you ai btd.
hJJtn. Kttp your KW pun tnj Uft yn.
inj tit th lm. ItiHft SnrnlU
Avmrluh$ this s witting th ctn.
Plahlail Is tho favorite pftitttiue. ot
Hock ltaplds (la.) dog. U swims out
luto the water aud catches the ttidi lu
Us mouth.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
MB
renee ami Wire Vturbt. 'V iff
rwTT7.Xmr51TtiiiMtiirw(iithBTw ill Jl
and Iruu leiiultisl oflioe railing, em. B't IM.iil
: J T -
MaehlMarr and auipllee.
I'A WKT1I1I I'll. I K -II I N Fit, IIOII ItllH. Ul
entaery, nineties. Mm St., iitiand,ur.
JOHN rOOI.R. IV.irTi..in, Oasuoa,
rail (tin you Ilia heat Uryalna In general
inai'liinery, engine., b.illrn.Uuka, pumtn,
plnwa. beltt anil wlnduilllt, The near
ieel (XL windmill, told by blm, la un
equalled. CARTERS INK.
hcleniiiually wiadev
Tliervl.ne till Stat
INDIAN RELICS WINTEO.
Stt.
t ah paid lor Hitiut Mrowa,Sata,
aw l'H''..t"-a.eie. rue anil aeuo oui.
Illict lo II. 1'. Ilaitilllaa, taa llleert, Mia.
ft.lan
IttOtlM) who htwt titr
If B.MleiRMt Hi ft
cWsii Wil trnilt iui.
i ! iur ft. ft shi
hi tli- f uttr ist
r.t.m Ar4s4s-s.t
Well Machines,
rtd II4 V.aMMI aortk of drilling allh II la at rear,
.'here a- w.m b rvruaelola.enoude'tttee afcea
t ta I'fTf rt th.m on a all er elati ) 1 I '!. f i-a,
1,00 at is iit mam, I'trriA, OlltU.
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
... MANVrAC-TUMkD ST ...
CALIFORNIA Fl(l SYRUP Ct).
I S" X OT It TH NAHM-
OR.GUNN'S
IMMOVIO
PILLS
LIVER
ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Mrs ll..,t.rha
ad lyanrit, luwuie Tlmeiaian rurlly tha
... f-wioaaaoreettiimiitaotaeta. ia
eolttrlp or Hi. li.ii Tu eon. lure au, eill real!
Ileal. Im. .l..llt ....-it. ... . . . . . . . . .
DO., Cbllaula,, fntiaa. H..UI r in uigUu.
GANGER it
Curable
I the Oa i hife,
ad.lreaa t'K NtVtklRK. Mountain Home, I .It.
Any t'tnavity
TAtt M m HOW CM
Sl to ( plrat street. Cortland, tlr.
Meciunoie aii a i uui.
PSURE CURE FOR PILES
eilat ..a a. aa.ll aa Mlli.i Sl 1 1 1.
Weak and
Worn-Out People
('an tenure health and itrrnith-ean do
It qulukly by ualn
Moore' Revealed Remedy
" It eonlalm tin ilaitiinroita druse II hat
a ileaaanl lutt. l a butllt at drugi-liti.
n. maTti.aj nooc,
tars aad Taallaioiilala u llM. HIHTIX'S
French Fenali Pills.
rraUad by thonaanita of aatlaSM ladlaa aa
f Id 1 1 n't ""''' w"1 e"1"'"' aa e.uaT
rrwuklfr
Hlu. White and Tll. la.. .
rug Co., HI m fearlaH., Mew YurkCltlt
YOUNG MEN!
Tnr ninnranaai an .4 (ilaud 4 la.la'. . ik. tJs. la
tlit HKLT niivluilm elilrh will eura rali aiut eierr
out. Nil I'AHI linuvn It haa ever (UM lo sura, no
eialter how erdoua or nf bnw lone anui'llng. Raeulu
tnm III aae will eattwlall you. It la alanlulaly taia,
pravatita atrli'tura. ami oall be taken wltlmiit tniionve.
alinrw anil ilalrntlon from Nlalneae. 1'HU'K. IS.ia. ISnt
aa . a an mII.IJ. .lr.L...i.i. ,.v .. . . k.
I'aiint i'lieatifiAf!r
I let llf IlriiaR It
IIV
CURE YOURSELF 1
fee Ills tl lor nnnagnral
alatiharifa,lnnnnntilna,
Irritations ur ulcnratluna
llf ItlUAI.Ua Hn.li.l,.kH..
I FnMU Ovuiaiiaa, PalnTiiaa, ainTiMit aittln-
lTHlivt,ilOrlBI!Ul'nn Sut ur Iwllouuui.
old by Oruciltta,
or tent In plain wrister,
'.Ta".l..T:?,l''-,.""
ulroulur iioil en rmtuaat.
M. V. N. U.
No. B-10OO.
WHEN writing to advertlieri plaata
nientlnn tills paper.
dlaaaaea Ilka Uh.Um.il.n .i.n.. au..!Ji-i.
. a-v .. ACIBKCV
I Worthlngton
aw J iteam Pumps
CSTSliM r..rfl.J!rUia ol
1
Alwava ebeai-erajav
la the aud than aatf teadt aA
ft that only eoal balf aa niurh. YV
II Tea led, true to name, freeh and 1 1
II reliable. Alwaea tha beet. At I I
IVtor Kerry'! Uk no other. I
X. ,nw t" " a"1 aaaetl. J I
. m. rtaav tw.. S J
V weeM. IS tea. f
. T ""-u a run element
lotie It. hiae liol ll..1lng. A l.rltt taiuara. fc a
ar at4riif I.t...ri.iiU,r m,.ii 1 r.alia, Iraa Hill,
tat abual fear eate. 1)14. BOM AH ao.Tamaa., Pt
TJ
MawB aaatt a- aiUa..a
v " nai iwinatm, caracna, creeping numbness, llronchltls,
Llvar and Kldnty Troubles, ate., ate, or any ditease for which wt rec
ommend it. ' DROPS" I tha nams and tha dote. " S DP.OI'8" Is nor.
fectly harmless. It does not contain Salicylate ol Soda nor Oplstos la any
form. The Child can usa (taa well as th Adult.
Read carefully what Mr. t. R. Smith, of Kl Dorado Sprlnjra, Mo., writes
ns under dats of Nov. V, W, alto Martaa Bowers, of Caragltar. Ohio,
under date of Dec. lh, 1899t J
. . . '.. '
. ixncumH I lam
Idpnotknowhowtnetpress how wonderful f think ynnr "l DROP"
aiiaoa or luirerlntf al
1- """' ks iileaanrylnrfoummtid.
HI Dorado Iprlnts, Mo., Nov. 37, 139D.
I. 11 LIMI'IOt
saaaajaw UWT eWSbD, BUI Hal. Usaf! IlKF. IlIlUl. Ifatn. Ill 1BUU
IS
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